Penn National Resource Centers FLAS Fellowships Information Session January 24th, 2014
What is FLAS? • Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships • Funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education & administered by the U of Penn Title VI National Resource Centers • Fellowships for Academic Year, and Summer • Goal: To assist in foreign language, area and international studies training;
Student Eligibility • U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the United States • UGrad: Declared majors, intermediate/advanced lang. • For AY: Fulltime (4/3 CUs), one language course, one area/int-l course per semester, or dissertation. • No pass/fail courses or incompletes • For Summer: Intensive domestic/intern-l program (6 weeks, 120-140 hours) • Fill out pre- and post-award reports & proficiency assessments; surveyed every two years for a total of eight years.
FLAS Languages @ PENN • Africa: – Amharic, Chichewa, Igbo, Maninke, Swahili, Tigrinya, Twi, Wolof, Yoruba, and Zulu • East Asia: – Chinese, Japanese, and Korean • Middle East: – Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish • South Asia: – Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Pashto, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu
Less Commonly-taught Languages Akan (Twi-Fante)
Albanian
Amharic
Arabic (all dialects)
Armenian
Azeri (Azerbaijani)
Balochi
Bamanakan (Bamana Bambara, Mandikan, Mandingo, Maninka, Dyula)
Belarusian
Bengali (Bangla)
Berber (all languages)
Bosnian
Bulgarian
Burmese
Cebuano (Visayan)
Chechen
Chinese (Cantonese)
Chinese (Gan)
Chinese (Mandarin)
Chinese (Min)
Chinese (Wu)
Croatian
Dari
Dinka
Georgian
Gujarati
Hausa
Hebrew Modern
Hindi
Igbo
Indonesian
Japanese
Javanese
Kannada
Kashmiri
Kazakh
Khmer (Cambodian)
Kirghiz
Korean
Kurdish (Kurmanji)
Kurdish (Sorani)
Lao
Malay (Bahasa Melayu or Malaysian)
Malayalam
Marathi
Mongolian
Nepali
Oromo
Panjabi
Pashto
Persian (Farsi)
Polish
Portuguese (all varieties)
Quechua
Romanian
Russian
Serbian
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
Somali
Swahili
Tagalog
Tajik
Tamil
Telugu
Thai
Tibetan
Tigrigna
Turkish
Turkmen
Ukrainian
Urdu
Uyghur/Uigur
Uzbek
Vietnamese
Wolof
Xhosa
Yoruba
Zulu
Total number of FLAS @ PENN 2014-15 AY Graduates
2014-15 AY UGraduates
2014 Summer
African Center
*6
*12
3
Center for East Asian Studies
*6
*3
3
Middle East Center
*6
*4
6
South Asia Center
*6
*3
3
* contingent upon funding
AY FLAS • • • •
Graduates: $18,000 Tuition, $15,000 Stipend UGraduates: $10,000 Tuition, $5,000 Stipend Adjustment with Financial Aid package. Eligibility: (1)Fulltime in language & area Studies coursework; (2) Fulltime dissertation abroad; (3) Fulltime in language and areas studies coursework, abroad. • Dissertators: @ Penn, take full course load; prior approval of the Department of Education; affiliation with a university or research organization for overseas • Courses: 3 CUs, 4 CUs, one language and one area studies courses
Summer FLAS • Grad. & Ugrad: $5,000 Tuition, $2,500 Stipend • Equivalent of a year's worth of college-level language study. • Domestic programs: of intensive language study at the beginning (graduates only), intermediate or advanced levels • Overseas programs: of intensive language study at the intermediate or advanced level; • Overseas programs of intensive study at the beginning level not available in United States (graduate only)
Checklist for Applications All materials, including letters of recommendation should be submitted online via FLAS website (
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/flas)
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Online Application Form Transcripts of the most recent academic work, Penn or else. A curriculum vitĂŚ (CV). A one-page essay on why you need FLAS (singlespaced). Two letters of recommendations from faculty members on how a FLAS would contribute to your current program of study.
Misc. Questions 1. Are incoming freshmen eligible? 2. Can I receive a summer FLAS if I will graduate in the previous spring? 3. May I apply for a FLAS if I am not a Penn student? 4. Is there a limit on the number of FLAS fellowships I can receive? 5. Can I apply to more than one National Resource Center? 6. Is a FLAS fellow allowed to work during the award period? 7. Can I use my FLAS at a different U.S. institution? 8. Can I request a Pass/Fail grade for my courses?
Info. & Contact Deadline for AY and Summer applications is March 3rd, 2014 •Africa: Ali Dinar, aadinar@sas; 8-6610 •East Asia: Paula Roberts, proberts@sas; 3-4204 •Middle East: Mehmet Darakcioglu, mehmetd@sas; 8-4690 •South Asia: Jody Chavez, jchavez@sas; 8-8816
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/flas